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On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:05:28 -0600, notX
wrote: [snip] In offices, some inspectors like them up in case a paper clip falls on a plug and crosses the terminals if not fully seated. The switched outlets are ground up so you can tell them apart by looking. What do you do when only one half of the duplex is switched? Intricate surgery - - - |
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On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:05:28 -0600, notX
wrote: [snip] In offices, some inspectors like them up in case a paper clip falls on a plug and crosses the terminals if not fully seated. The switched outlets are ground up so you can tell them apart by looking. What do you do when only one half of the duplex is switched? I have seen them where one was up and one was down. |
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On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:04:12 -0600, Mark Lloyd
wrote: On 1/14/20 12:25 PM, wrote: Ground on top - but most people prefer their outlets to look like a human face, so they're installed - technically - upside-down. And there was the one I saw at a local police station. Duplex receptacle installed vertically, but each outlet with the ground at a 30-degree angle to down. You could always go with one of these https://hubbellcdn.com/prodimage515/...DIMAGE_515.jpg |
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gfre.. wrote:
You could always go with one of these https://hubbellcdn.com/prodimage515/...DIMAGE_515.jpg I think what Mark Lloyd saw was that quad installed with 'HUBBELL' level on top..! |
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gf
As long as it is the Neutral on top, that is fine. Narrow floor to wall strips can necessitate that. |
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On 1/14/20 8:19 PM, wrote:
gfre.. wrote: You could always go with one of these https://hubbellcdn.com/prodimage515/...DIMAGE_515.jpg I think what Mark Lloyd saw was that quad installed with 'HUBBELL' level on top..! What I saw (and wish I got a picture of) was a vertically-installed DUPLEX receptacle. The wallplate was straight up and down, but the receptacles themselves were at an angle. The same angle with the ground pin at about 30 degrees CCW of down. Possibly this had something to do with cords having the cord connected at an angle. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "I'm a born-again atheist." [Gore Vidal] |
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On 1/15/20 5:18 AM, wrote:
gf As long as it is the Neutral on top, that is fine. Narrow floor to wall strips can necessitate that. The angle I described would have hot a little bit higher than neutral. Ground and neutral would be at the bottom, with (IIRC) ground slightly lower. Designed for use in places where paper clips normally fall up :-) -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "I'm a born-again atheist." [Gore Vidal] |
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On 1/15/20 8:06 AM, dpb wrote:
On 1/15/2020 5:18 AM, wrote: gf As long as it is the Neutral on top, that is fine.Â* Narrow floor to wall strips can necessitate that. The NEC is totally silent on orientation of any angle. There is no right or wrong. "2 wrongs don't make a right, but 2 rights do make a airplane." :-) -- "With most people unbelief in one thing is founded upon blind belief in another." Georg Christoph Lichtenberg |
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Mark Lloyd wrote:
The angle I described would have hot a little bit higher than neutral. Ground and neutral would be at the bottom, with (IIRC) ground slightly lower. Designed for use in places where paper clips normally fall up :-) _________ Ya can't fix 'stupid'! |
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Philo:
If the ground hole is on top, you should be able to read anything stamped into the plastic fascia of the receptacle. Hence, right- side up! |
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Theckhhhmah thekma @ shortbus . edu the village idiot puked up
If the ground hole is on top, you should be able to read anything stamped into the plastic fascia of the receptacle. Hence, right- side up! You really are a a retarded dumb ****. |
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On 1/16/2020 5:34 AM, wrote:
Philo: If the ground hole is on top, you should be able to read anything stamped into the plastic fascia of the receptacle. Hence, right- side up! Well those dumb guys at Leviton are printing them upside down. You should call them and tell them https://www.leviton.com/en/products/w5461-y https://www.leviton.com/en/products/aftr1-kw |
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On 1/16/20 9:37 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 1/16/2020 5:34 AM, wrote: Philo: If the ground hole is on top, you should be able to read anything stamped into the plastic fascia of the receptacle.Â* Hence, right- side up! Well those dumb guys at Leviton are printing them upside down.Â* You should call them and tell them https://www.leviton.com/en/products/w5461-y https://www.leviton.com/en/products/aftr1-kw Thanks for posting the images. Seeing is believing |
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On 1/14/20 7:28 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:04:12 -0600, Mark Lloyd wrote: On 1/14/20 12:25 PM, wrote: Ground on top - but most people prefer their outlets to look like a human face, so they're installed - technically - upside-down. And there was the one I saw at a local police station. Duplex receptacle installed vertically, but each outlet with the ground at a 30-degree angle to down. You could always go with one of these https://hubbellcdn.com/prodimage515/...DIMAGE_515.jpg Apparently Hubbell likes the line/hot side up? |
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On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 1:59:09 PM UTC-5, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 1/14/20 8:19 PM, wrote: gfre.. wrote: You could always go with one of these https://hubbellcdn.com/prodimage515/...DIMAGE_515.jpg I think what Mark Lloyd saw was that quad installed with 'HUBBELL' level on top..! What I saw (and wish I got a picture of) was a vertically-installed DUPLEX receptacle. The wallplate was straight up and down, but the receptacles themselves were at an angle. The same angle with the ground pin at about 30 degrees CCW of down. Possibly this had something to do with cords having the cord connected at an angle. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "I'm a born-again atheist." [Gore Vidal] I can't prove it, but it seems to me most heavier gauge cords are coiled up in a way and have the cords attached to the appliance such that plugging it in with the ground at the bottom comes more naturally. Next time I see a cord still as shipped, I'll check. Obviously if it's coiled up one and attached one way vs the other, it makes it more natural for the cord to get plugged in one way or the other, because it lays better one way. |
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On Fri, 17 Jan 2020 06:28:36 -0800 (PST), trader_4
wrote: On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 1:59:09 PM UTC-5, Mark Lloyd wrote: On 1/14/20 8:19 PM, wrote: gfre.. wrote: You could always go with one of these https://hubbellcdn.com/prodimage515/...DIMAGE_515.jpg I think what Mark Lloyd saw was that quad installed with 'HUBBELL' level on top..! What I saw (and wish I got a picture of) was a vertically-installed DUPLEX receptacle. The wallplate was straight up and down, but the receptacles themselves were at an angle. The same angle with the ground pin at about 30 degrees CCW of down. Possibly this had something to do with cords having the cord connected at an angle. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "I'm a born-again atheist." [Gore Vidal] I can't prove it, but it seems to me most heavier gauge cords are coiled up in a way and have the cords attached to the appliance such that plugging it in with the ground at the bottom comes more naturally. Next time I see a cord still as shipped, I'll check. Obviously if it's coiled up one and attached one way vs the other, it makes it more natural for the cord to get plugged in one way or the other, because it lays better one way. Usually that is an "A/C cord" and they assume the window shaker will be higher than the receptacle. |
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